Candelabrum.



no. 858,898* Patented out. 2, |800. v 8. P. KATU, 1n.

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GEORGE P. KATO, JR., OF JERSEY OlTY, NEWT JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JOHN J. OULLEN, OF SAME PLACE.

CANDELABRUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,898, dated October 2, 1900. Application liled January 17, 1899. Serial No. '702,419- (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE P. KATo,.Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candelabra, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in Candelabra; audit consists in' thenovel fearo tures'andcombinationshereinafterdescribed,

and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to produce a candelabrum in which the arms carrying the candle-sockets are provided at their opposite i5 ends with shoulders adapted to be seated Within slots formed in the head of the candelabrum, whereby said arms are capable of being conveniently secured in position and are rendered reversible end for end whereby zo with one pair of said arms the candelabrum may be conveniently changed as to the position of said arms in the respects desired.

Theinvention willbe fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a candelabruin equipped with arms shown in a hori- Zontal position and embodying the invention.

3o Fig. 2 is a detached view of the upper portion or head of the standard of t'ne candelabrum, the t'ront or face of said head being removed, so as to disclose the slots which receive shoulders on the ends of the candle-socket-carrying arms. Fig. 3 is an edge view of same.

Fig. 4 is an edge view of a portion of one'of the candlesocket-carrying arms and illustrates the shoulders which enter the receiving-sockets provided in the head of the candelabrum. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate detached views of the two inclined candle-socket-oarrying arms adaptedfor the standard shown in Fig. l, said arms being illustrated in their correct position ready to have the shoulders on their inner or adjoining ends inserted within the receiving-sockets formed in the head of the candelabrum; and Figs. 7 and 8 are like views of same, but illustrating the arms as having been reversed end for end 5o and inclined downward, whereby the shoulders on the now adjoining, though previously vary as fancy may dictate.

l outer, ends of the arms have been brought into position to be inserted within the sockets of the head of the candelabrum.

In the drawings, A designates the standard of the candelabrum, and this standard will, with the exception of the head B, be of usual or suitable construction. The head B will be of suitable ornamental character and be provided with the vertical slot C and ver- 6o tical' grooves D D, Vat the base of which grooves are the shoulders E. The slot O, grooves D, and shoulders E constitute the novel features of the head B, and said features are adapted to receive the inner ends of the candle-socket-carrying arms F and G. The arms F G correspond with one-another in the respects essen tial to the present invention and differ from one another simply in that the candle-sockets H on the arms F are 7o at right angles to the arms F, While the simivlar sockets (lettered I) on the arms G are at an angle to the longitudinal center of said arms in order that said sockets may assume a vertical position while said arms G are in an inclined position, as clearly indicated in the drawings. The ends of the arms G are formed with the vertical transverse shoulders J J and these shoulders J J are adapted to pass downward within the grooves D D of the 8o head B, and thereby the arms are held in posit-ion by said head B. The upper aud lower branches of the arms G are at their ends connected by the ornamental iigure K, which when the shoulders J J are to be inserted within the grooves D of the head B will pass inward within the middle portions of the vertical slot O. The ornamental figures K are not essential to this invention, and they will 9o The operative use of the candelabrum may be fully understood upon reference to the drawings if it will be assumed that the arms F (shown in Fig. l) are omitted and it is desired to substitute for the arms F the arms o5 G. (Shown in Figs. 5 and 6.) The arms F being omitted, the arms G (shown in Figs. 5 and 6) will have the shoulders J at their adjoining ends passed downward Within the grooves D of the head B until the lower inroo ner edges of said arms G rest upon the shoulders E in said head B, and when in this position the said arms G will be firmly sustained with said arms diverging upward and outward at equal angles from the head B. Should it be desired to reverse the position of the candle-socket-carrying arms from that just above described to a correspondingly-reversed position, so that the said arms would diverge downward and outward at equal angles from the head B, it will simply be necessary to remove the said arms G G upward from the head B and then reverse said arms end for end, so that the shoulders J (shown al the outer ends ofthe arms G in Figs. 5 and (i) will then adjoin one another, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and thereupon the then adjoined shoulders J J of the arms G G will be moved downward within the grooves D D of the head B, whereby said arms will be firmly secured in position with the candle-sockets parallel with the standard A and with the' arms diverging downward and outward from the head B, substantially as indicated by the position given to the arms G G in Figs. 7 and 8.

One pair of arms F will be employed for the horizontal position to be given to the line of candles, and one pair of arms G G will be suicient to secure the upward and outward inclination indicated in Figs. 5 and 6 and the downward and outward inclination illustrailed in I `igs. 7 and 8, the change from Figs. 5 and 6 to 7 and 8 requiring simply the reversal end for end of the one pair of arms and their application to the receiving-sockets formed by the slot Gand grooves D in the head B. The extent to be given to the slot C will vary with the ornaments K, applied to the ends of the arms, and if no ornaments K are made use of the slot C need not extend inward beyond the inner edges of the grooves D.

It will be seen that I provide means for reversihly securing the arms to the standard of the candelabrum which do not disfigure the candelabrum and which do not require the use of screws or other appliances which involve tedious manipulations.

In the drawings I show two grooves D D at each side of the head B and also shoulders J, project-ing outward from the opposite sides of the arms G, and Iprefer this construction, owing to the security and strength it aords;

but I do not confine the invention to both grooves D D at each side of the head B and both oppositely-projecting shoulders J J at each end of the arms G, since the construction would be desirable and an advance in this art if only one groove or socket D at each edge of the head B were employed in connection with one shoulder or member J at each end of each arm G to pass downward into said groove or socket D. The reversal end for end of the arms G does not necessitate any change in the candle-sockets, as will be apparent, and this is a feature of advantage which my invention accomplishes.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In acandelabrum having arms with xed candle -sockets on their upper edges, a T- shaped tongue furnished at each end of the arm, T-shaped grooves receiving said tongues furnished in the apex of the candelabrum substantially as described.

2. In a candelabrum having an apex and arms, the arms having fixed sockets on their upper edges, lugs furnished at the ends of each arm terminating the web of the arm, in combination with perpendicular sockets furnished in the said apex adapted to receive said lugs substantially as described.

3. Acandelabrum having the standard and head or apex, the latter being provided with the fastening-sockets at its opposite sides, combined with the normally-inclined arms having the tixed vertically-disposed candlesockets on their upper edges, said arms being detachable and provided on both their ends with fastening devices to engage and coperate with said sockets, whereby said arms are each rendered reversible, end for end, and capable of being changed from a downward inclination to an upward inclination with the candle-sockets always remaining upright; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 14th day of January, A. D. 1889.

GEORGE P. KATO, JR.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. GILL, E. Jos. BELKNAP. 

